Hat holder



G. H. BROWN Dec. 13, 1932.

HAT HOLDER Filed Sept. 19, 1931 2 Sheds-Sheet 1 Inventor Dec. 13, 1932. B WN 1,890,559

HAT HOLDER Filed Sept. 19, 1951 2 Sheets- Sheet 2 Inventor G H .Bro wn A Home y Patented Dec. 13, 1932 a a STATES PATENT oerice GEORGE E. BROWN, OF WILLOW GROVE; PENNSYLVANIA HAT HOLDER Application filed September 19; 1931. Serial No. 563,826.

The present invention relates to a hat holdto contract or restrict the holder at the open er particularly designed for use in veh cles end thereof. such as automobiles and the like and the object The entire holder is made of resilient maof the invention resides in the provision of terial and in actual practice, when the hat a holder of this nature which is exceedingly is placed within theholder to be supported simple in its construction, inexpensive to manthereby as suggested in the drawings arms 8 ufacture thoroughly efiicient and reliable in r plfeseedoutwardly away from one another use and otherwise well adapted to the purpose p nnttlng the hat to slide inwardly of the f hi h it i d i d holder between the arms 8 so that the brim 10 With the above and other objects in view of the h W rest on the sides 7 and the as ill appear as th d i ti proceeds, arms 8 irrationally contact the crown of the the invention resides in certain novel features hat h y hetalh the Same hin the of construction, and in the combination and holder, said e belng p vided On their arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter 2 free ends Wlth linehs 15 nore described and clai ned The manner Of fOlll'llllg the bracket ill'l'l'lS In the d i 10 permits of the arms 8 belng sprung out- Figure l is a vertical section through a por- Y y Wlhhouh hanger of l y distortion of an automobile body showing my im- 11011 of the Teslllent l er.

pr ed hat holder in lace further noted, fI'OHl a study Of 20 Figure 2 is a sectional view taken substanthe drewlnesj that a hat holder is Provided m n on h li Q 2 f Fi 1 whereby minimum contact of the holder with Figure 3 is a sectional view taken substanhhe Frown 0f h h 1S p thus ti n On th li 3. 3 f Fi 2 d duclng to a minlmum wear on the hat band Figure a is a sectional view taken substany be caused y a Shlftlhg of the hat rela- 25 m n on th li 4.41 f Fi 3 tlve to the holder, when forexample the Referring 6 the drawings in d t i i ill holder is mounted in a vehicle; there being be seen that the holder is of general U-shaped but three Polhhs of Contact b tween the formation and includes a bight 5 curved lonholder and e crown of the these Pelnts gitudinally and at its ends merging into rearof Contact helhg Where the archate hlght 5 wardly and outwardly directed relatively ehgilges the and Where the a m 1 9X- short portions or extensions 6 which in turn tehslohs 8 ehgage the h the Portlon merge into arcuate sides 7. Each of the sides i the holder and esphclahy h i l P 1"- 7 adjacent the open end of the frame is exnon arms 7 belhg hemmed Spaced tended laterally outwardly and the laterally relatlohwlth respect to the crown of h hatoutwardly extended portion is provided with W111 be readlly apparent from a Study a return bend thus providing a bracket arm 0 1O opposite portions of which are ofiset adj at 18 l p that the constructlon 9 cent the outer end of the arm and relatively i ii advimta'ges of the lhveh' 40 twisted about one another as at 11 to provide ti a fi 2 apparent to those at the outer end of the arm an eye to accomd G i W113 mut a more detalled modate a fastening element 12 whereby the ig- 10H :1 t h 1 holder may be fastened to the top of an auto- 18 apparen a c anges m t 16 detmls of construction ma be resorted t 'th t mobllehody to extend slibstailtlany Parallel departing from the spirit or scope bf t he iii- 45 thehewlth Suggested 1n Flgures 1 and 2 vention as hereinafter claimed or sacrificing of the drawings.

anv of its advantages. Th r 111 hlllh merge {Ircuate Having thus described my invention, what arms 8 forming as 113 were continuatlons of I l i as w i sides 7, the arms 8 as shown being curved 1. A hat holder compr sing a single 50 reversely with respect to the sides 7 and serve length of wire bent to be generally elliptical in shape, and having an open end and a closed end, the free ends of the wire adjacent the open end of the holder being reversely bent, loops opposite from each other adjacent the open end of the holder and twisted about themselves to form supports for attachment to a wall, and the closed end of the holder having a relatively short arcuate bight inset therefrom. V

2. A hat holder comprising a body formed from a single length of resilient'material bent to be generally elliptical in shape and having an open end and a'closed end, the sides of the holder at the open end of the body being reversely bent, and the closed end. of the holder having a relatively short arcuate bight inset therefrom, said body being also provided with attaching eyes extending in reverse direction from said sides of the holder. y

In testimony whereof I afiix mv signature.

GEORGE H. BRO'WN. 

